New WorkKeys Resources for Program Performance and Credentialing Equity
Round out your summer with the quarterly gathering of innovation and excellence for WorkReady Communities. This quarter on WRC Live! discover new ways to measure program effectiveness using WorkKeys in Adult Basic Education and WIOA workforce programs. The new federal provisions enable program operators to measure and prove program excellence and skill impact.
Learn about a valuable tool from Credential Engine on data transparency to increase equity. This initiative included ACT’s Center for Equity in Learning and provides valuable takeaways in career navigation and operational excellence
The Power of Inclusive Design
As part of our ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, ACT’s Center for Equity in Learning regularly invites leaders, experts, and practitioners to share knowledge and insights as part of the ACT Equity Speakers Series. In collaboration with ACT’s Accessibility Office, the Center has invited Dr. M. Leona Godin, a celebrated writer of “There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness”, performer, educator, and editor to join us.
Honoring MLK: the Science and Storytelling of Unconscious Bias in Education
Webinar
Join us Tuesday, January 31, for a free webinar to:
- understand the research regarding the impact of unconscious bias in education;
- learn strategies for developing more inclusive environments in education; and
- see the power of inclusive environments in helping diverse social groups thrive and succeed.
#WhyApply Day
ACAC encourages everyone to wear your college gear and head to your favorite social media channels to share why you believe students should apply to college. Use the hashtag #WhyApply.
National College Attainment Network Conference
Lisa King, ACAC director, presenting “The Pandemic’s Impact on Students’ Postsecondary Decisions: Where Do We Go From Here?”
Sustaining Sponsor: ACT’s Center for Equity in Learning
Webinar – Why Host a College Application Event: Insights from ACAC 2021 Schools of Excellence
Co-hosted by ACAC and National College Attainment Network
Learn the importance of hosting a college application event, innovative ways to reach students in person or virtually, and ways to remove barriers that prevent students from applying to a postsecondary institution.
Equity Speaker Series Webinar
Disability and Innovation: The Universal Benefits of Inclusion